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rvelve Ye.rs Of Terrible Torture.

The gentleman who furnished us with
the following certificate was for years un.
der the treatment of many physicians, and
was dosed with all sorts OF medicines, but
without the least beneficial effects. Now,
how he was finally cured and relieved from
his internal suffering, Is forcibly told In his
own statement given below, to which We
invite the earnest attention of all sufferers
from the same dreadful attliction:
IL have been a tortured sufferer from ar.
ticular and sciatic rheumatism for more
than dozen years-up TO the year 1880 !
had consulted various doctors and used
multiform remedies without relief, or any
apparent benefit. In 1885, l was taken
afresh with the severest acute symptoms OF
this disease In my feet aud legs and hips,
which made me u helpless invalld-una6le
to work or walk or help myself In any way
was a miserable, helpless sufferer, and
without hope of ever being cured. had
already exhausted my faith In doctors
remedies. and now concluded TO take
Swift's Specific as forlorn hope.
From the use of the first two bottles, |
felt greatly benefited, which encouraged
me TO continue Its use. steadily i'm.
proved. The Inflammation left my joints,
the sciatica disappeared comfortable feel
Ing was restored, my strength and flesh re-
instated, and by the time l had taken two
dozen bottles all my symptoms of rheuma
tIsm had entirely disappeared, and | felt
we'll enough to resume my regular labors.
| felt like new man. cannot attribute
my miraculous and perfect cure to anything
but the Swift Specific. know that It
alone cured me. for nothing else had done
me any good for twelve years. l owe my
restoration and strength for labor and re-
ligious duties alone to this grand remedy,
and gladly make this statement for the ben
eft Of all sufferers from this most torturing
disease-rheumatism.
o. w. WINFIELD, Union Point, Ga"
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases,
mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.,
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.
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AN OLDFAsHIoNED GIRL


Old-fashioned Yes, l must confess
The antique pattern of her dress,
The ancient frills and furbelows,
The faded ribbons and the bows.
Why she should show those shrunkel
charms,
That wrinkled neck, those tawny arms,
l cannot guess; her russell gown
Round her spare form hangs loosely down
Her voice Is thin and cracked; her eye
And smile have lost their witchery.
BY those faint jests, that tagging wit,
by each attenuated curl,
She surely is, must admit,
An odd old.fashioned girl.
IT'S long, long since she had beau,
And now with those who sit Arrow
Along the wall she takes her place,
With something of the old-time grace.
She yearns to join the may waltz,
And slyly shifts her smelling salts.
All, many an angel in disguise
May walk before our human eyes!
Where'er the fever smitten lie
In grimy haunts of poverty,
Along the dark and squalid street,
Mid drunken jests of boor and churl,
She goes with swift and plying feet
This same old-fashisned girl
jas. b. Kenyon in Century.
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Don't Hawk, Spit, Cough.

suffer dizziness, indigestion, inflammation
of the eyes, headache, lassltude, inability
to perform mental work, and indisposition
for bodily labor, and annoy and dis
gust your friends and acquaintances with
you nasal twang and offensive breath, and
constant efforts TO clean your nose and
throat, when DR.. Sage's "Catarrh Remedy"
will promptly relieve you of discomft and
suffering, and your friends of the disgust
ing and needless infections of your loath'
some disease.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-10-01

A few years ago, the large city daily pa.
pers had only words OF ridicule for the
Grange. The following, from one of the
largest city papers tout west" shows the
''change of tune" 1t also proves once
more the good Yankee quality, "if there is
go In II, he'll make 1t CO." There Is "go''
In the Grange, and 1t GOES not only in
yankee land" but all over Americas land
1.-THE New England farmers are undOubt.
eddy the most enterprising and energetic
of the granger fraternity on this continent,
comparing we'll In progressive spirit and
action with their ingenious brethren In
other respects. They cultivate the least
productive natural soils, combat with the
most rigorous climate, and yet by dint of
industry and skill their labors annually
produce the most liberal returns The SCI
ence of farming is we'll respected and fol
lowed in Yankee land" from Nova SEQ.
tia to New York. Agricultural societies
and institutes and oranges are we'll distrib
uted and generously supported. The local
press of Maine, Massachusetts, and other
New England States bears evidence of the
earnest zeal with which the farmer and
horticulturist pursue their honorable call
ing. They look into the rationale of every
department of their industry, whether they
are devoted to vegetable production or ami
NAL thrift There are now about 10000
members of the grange organization in the
New England States alone, and these are
earnestly devoted to agricultural improve
ment, and not merely to factional advance
ment. More progress was made by them
in 1886, than during several preceding
years. They favor tariff reform, but be-
lieve in dividing the reform among other
fraternities as we'll as the farmers. They
have $50 reading circles, who are studying
political economy and other kindred sub.
jects, and can give reason for the faith
within them. They repudiate the new the
cries of Henry George and other theorists
about land, and win the rights due to labor
by manual exertion. In fact, the New Eng.
landers, with the exception of the tran
scendentalsts and cranks of Boston, have
demonstrated themselves the salt of the
EARTH in all that pertains to essential pro
gress."
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a Square Statement by a Carpenter,

"For years l have had chest trouble
amounting to nothing short of consump-
ton. l sac how others in like condition
had been cured by the use of DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, and resolved to
test its merits in my own case The results
are so plane as hardly TO require bitstooh
or any auyer.ment in favor of this crate
remedy. 1t does arl 1t claims 1t bu,lds
up the system, supports and strengthens
where others fail" He adz: my recov-
cry, which is now on sure foundation,
hinges entirely on the compass of this won.
derful restorative, having tried other rene
dies without bit of relief"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-10-01
Building Societies.

This is the Jubilee year. of building
societies in England. The London Times
has long article upon FIFTY Years of
Building Societies" 1t says building so.
cieties represent far more advanced stage
of development of thrift than savings banks.
The article is mainly interesting in this
country as showing the substantial benefits
from building societies to the industrial
classes In England, who have invested in
them some 100000, 000.-Building Asso-
cidtiOn Nelcs.
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known while in congress as the "Tail
Twister of the British Lion" made
several unsuccessful attempts to get such
O bill through the house There was
much eloquence, and many spread eagle
eulogies of jefferson, but no money was
forthcoming, and the last attempt made
in congress was during the last session,
when descendant Of Alexander ITamil-
ton was among the friends Of Mrs. Meikle-
ham in lobbying for the bill While the
bill was discussed during Robinson's con-
gressional career, n citizen Of one Of the
large towns of northern Ohio wrote to
Mrs. Mcikleham that she might have q
home in his house as long as she lived.
This letter was published, but Mrs. Meikle-
ham, while she thought the government
owed something TO her on behalf Of the
good her grandfather did for the country,
was not willing to accept charity from
private parties, and she refused it,
She was never, however, in absolute
need Of lfe's comforts. For years she
lived in Georgetown, and had an old but
comfortable house on the heights. Such a
cottage would probably rent for $50 n
month. She died in one of the best parts
Of Washington, and the house she occupied
during her last years was probably worth
$1,000 and would rent for St5. This
house she rented, and it was very COM
fortably furnished, containing among other
things many old paintings and some rare
pieces Of furniture which came down TO
her from her grandfather a little black
walnut cabinet, which was made by one of
Jefferson's slaves, was among her treas
ures, and she had some Of the chairs which
came from Monticello, two Of which had
been used by Louis XVI.
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Worth its Weigh IA Gold.

Albert Emminger, Covington, Ky, was
afflicted with Catarrh three years He
says: "After trying every known patent
medicine which saw advertised, none of
which helped me, tried Papi!lon (extract
of flax Catarrh Cure as a last resort. II
has made complete cure, and Is worth Its
weight in gold. | will give you other ref.
erences from parties who have been cured
1t is no experiment, but positive cure"
Large bottles only 81, at I. Z. Gapen's &
Co.'S Drug store.
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lin AL SF"TEIIF.N1 i, S'r.-EsrATH OF
l. LURASA CAErKR. DECRAsKD.-NOiice is hereby
given 10 all persons Interested said estate that M.
undersigned, Administrator Of the Estate Of said
Lurana Carter, deceased, will appear before the Pro.
bate Court Of the county of La Sale aId state Of
Illinois, at the County Court House, In Ottawa In said
county, ON Monday, the nth day Of October A. D. lsS,
for the purpose Of rendering an account If his pro.
ceeaings in the administration Of d estate Tor the hual
settlement.
Dated at Ottawa this 2Oh day Of September 1851,
JOEL CARTER,
ATTEsr. HENRY HHLNtG, ADMINISTRATOR
CLERK PROBATE Court, Ia Sale Co., ID. syp24-lw
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JEFFERSON'S GRANDDAUGHTER.
Mrs. Septima j. Meikleham and Hes
Long and Eventful Career.

Mrs. Septima j. Meiltleham and He,
Long and Eventful Career.
There was no more delightful converse
tionalist in Washington than Mrs. Sep
TINA or Septimia J. Meikleham, the last
surviving granddaughter OF Thomas JEFF
ferson, who died at the capital and was
buried at New York recently.
Acquainted with the great men and wo-
men Of the past three generations, she
could tell stories by the hour of their per-
sonal peculiarities and OF her experiences
with them. She was close friend Of
Dolly Madison, was entertained at the
White House when Jackson was presi-
dent, and filed many time his corn cob
pipe for him. While she was sick in
Washington as q young girl Mrs. Madi-
son sat up with her night after night, and
it was she whom jefferson thought most
Of during his last years as his favorite
grandchild, and it was upon her head tina.
his hands rested in his dying moments
She was the seventh daughter Of Martha
Jefferson, and was the wife Of n distin-
guished physician whom she married in
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-10-01
The Experience of Mrs. Peters.

Mrs. Peters had ills,
Mrs. Peters had chills,
Mrs. Peters was sure she was going to die
They dosed her with pills,
With powders and squills,
With remedies wet, and with remedies dry
Many medicines lured her,
But none of them cured her,
Their names and their number nobody
could tell;
And she soon might have died,
But some pellets" were tried,
That acted like magic, and then she got
we'll.
The magic Pellets were DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Purgative Pellets (the original
Little Liver Pills.. They cured Mrs. Peters
and now she wouldn't be without them.
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spoke, aud the printer knew directly that
he was about & croak. so he propped him
up AS gently MS a mother would q child,
but the writer's soul had wandered 20 the
land Of uadefled And the printer sobbed
n little as he gave one last cares, and he
m uttered IL must leave him, for it's time
to 90 to press Very few could beat him
writing, for his writings were divine, and
We never had 70 place them In bucketful
Of brine"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-10-01

The Rock Island Route c., r. /. & p.
Railway will sell round trip excursion tick
cts to Chicago, on the following dates Sep
TENDER 9Th, 9TH, 9Th, 9th, 10th, 18th, 10th
18th, ODD, 23d, oath, Goth and Both, and
October LIST, 4th, 5th, 9th, sth, 18th, 14th
18th, Goth, 2lst and 22d. Tickets good fol
return ON or before the Monday following
date of sale. Fare for sound trip, includ
ing admission to the exposition, 1925.
r. F. PRErTYMAS, Agent.
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B. F. LINCOLN.

IIITNtU II LUUl
YIN AL SErTl .EM or
PETER C. Adds, DKCEAsED.--Notice Ia hereby
given TO all persons interested in said estate that the
undersigned, Administrator OF the estate Of said Peter
c. Adds, deceased. will appear before the Probate
Court Of the county OF La Sale and state OF Illinois, At
the County Court House. In Ottawa, In said county,
Monday the 18th day OF October A. u. 1885, for the
purpose OF rendering OF HE proceedings In
the administration Of said estate for tire final settle
Uent.
Dated at Ottawa, this 18th day of September, 1887
JULIUS j. CARTER
ATTEST: HENRY HRIhIG, Administrator.
Clerk Probate Court, Id Sale Co.. H. sepli-3w
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VIM. Walter Phelps says that Mr., Blaine
don't want the nomination for president
next year.-Er.
VIM. Walter ought to know, but II Is
highly probable he does mt.
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DUNCAN. o,coNoR IL GILBERT

NIININfys IOI FtlIliONtT.
STATE OF ILLINOIS. LA SALE COUNTY-Ss.-
- In the County Court OF SAID county. September
Term, 4. u. 1887.
The Illinois Valley and Northern Railroad Company
re- George Ward. Petition for Condemnation OF Right
N Way.
Affidavit Of the nonresidcnce Of said George Ward
having been ed In the office Of the clerk Of said Coun
ty Court notice IL hereby given 10 the ad
defendant, George Ward, that the petitioner the said
The Illinois Valley and Northern Railroad Company.
heretofore filed Its petition In said the NJ.
teenth day Of September, u. 1884, praying for the
condemnation Of acertain tract piece parcel Of land
therein described, ana that by order Of said court
summons thercupon issued In said cause. against the
said above named defendant returnahle Mt the Court
House In OTTAWA In said Ia sale county on the TWEEN
tyeiRhth day OF October A. u. 1881, AT nine O'Clock
~ when and where you can appear and resist said PEE
titlon. If you i and which said petition and the
proceedings therein are still pending In said court.
L. FlNLEN. Clerk.
Dated Ottawa. Illinois, September Is, 1881. sepl1
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The hash lay on plate:
II am thinking entity" it said, :'
I'm lying here In state;
/ am alive, although my parts are dead y
1t felt a sudden thrill,
Then rose clamor shrill:
0, Whole, your rash;
We parts are still ourselves, although In
hash"
Murmured the Mutton: "Ah how yellow
were
The cowslips in the fields, how passing fair
Was all about when l, merry lamb
Began the life which led me TO where l
ami"
Said the Potato: Warm was the brown
earth
Of the brown hillside where had my
birth;
What joy of growth within my bosom
welled,
How curled my tendrils, how my tubers
swelled"
And mused the Beef: "How green are
Texas plains;
With what novel grandeur nature reigns
What vast expanse; how our pulses stirred
AS swept we onward in mighty herd;
l see the flying steeds, the sudden dash!"
"Meo-ow!"
"Bow-wOww
Said the rest of the hash.
-Chicdg0 Tri5uae.
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Mrs. Borden of Tenica, who was injured
at the Chatsworth horror, died Friday week
and was buried at Tonica. She was the
s0th death caused by that wreck.
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Deafness Cant be Cured


BY local applications, MS they cannot reach
the diseased portion Of the ear. There Is
only one way "a cure Deafness and that IL
by constitutional remedies Deafness Is
caused by an inflamed condition Of the
mucus lining OF the Eustachian Tube
When this tube gets iniiamed you have a
rum bling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when 1t is entirely closed Deafness is the
result, and unless the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to Its nor.
NAL condition, hearing will he destroyed
forever; nine cases out Of ten are caused
by catarrh, which Is nothing but an In.
famed condition of the mucus surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
anv case of Deafness Caused by Catarrh)
that We cannot cure by taking Halls Ca.
tarrh Cure. Send for circular, free.
F. j, CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
sB- Sold by Druggists, IS cents
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FINAL sErrLEM ENT.--EsrArK OF

EIN AL SE?rrLEM E;NT.--EsrArE or
L LOIS T. ROWE DECRAsED.-Notice IL hereby
given to a persons Interested In said estate that the
undersigned, Executor Of the last viii and testament
Of said Luls Y. Rowe. deceased. will appear before
the Probate Court Of the county Of La Sale aud
state Of Illinois az the County Court House in ottawa
In said county, Monday, the nth day OF October.
D. 1897. for the purpose Of rendering account u
his proceedings In the administration Of said estate for
the final settlement.
Dated at Ottawa, this 2,i day Of September, 1887.
EVANS FINLEY,
ATTEST: HENRY HELNIG, Executor
Clerk Probate Court, La Sale Co. III. sep2i-3v
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Cuba, Durin 9
the greater part
of her life she was
in comic r t n b lie
circnm g Ia n ces,
but of late years
her friends have
been trying to get
a pension for her
Of congress. Rich
ellen Robinson,
the Irish sympa-
thizing congress-
man from Brook
7vp W hp u os
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ONE girls can look upon a mouse
.Ish ar Scraam NOR faint

Bric-a-Brac.
Some girls can look upon mouse
And neither scream nor faint,
They can, there's no denying;
But where's the man can pass house
Which bears the warning Paint"
Without test applyingg
--Nep York Weekly.
CHEST AZ summer hotel-Waiter, bring
me hard boiled egg
Put up AT a hOtel-The man who Is as
signed 10 room In the cupola.-HOtet
Mail.
Some of the best blood In the land now
runs through the musquito's veins.-I'itts.
burg Chroniele Telegraph.
Fifty { st. John won't take a cent less
and he wants his cash before he leaves the
platform.-Detroit Tribune.
Good Housekeeping says; "Alcohol Will
clean silver" so It will, my boy, 80 II Will |;
II will clean II out,-Burdttte.
Keely says he will live to see his motor
finished. Alas then, who Will live TO see
Kelly finished Ala California.
The doctor grabs the sick mans gold
And adds II to his pelf;
IT'S thus he heeds that warning old:
physician, heel myself.
-Washington Critic.
Jaw, who is that large man with the re-
volver?" asked a young Eastern man In a
mining town.
Hes our chiropodist."
"Ah, indeed"
C"Yes; he fixes up tenderfeet"- WASH
ington Critic.
"Charley," she said softly, 81 often think
what noble thing 1t Is 10 have sphere
and fill II as you ought"
"Have you" returned Charley, after
some delay.
"Yes: and have often wondered what
my particular work In life Is"
"Indeedw replied Charley, after some
hesitation.
"Charley, tell me, do you think I am fit.
ted to make home happy"
~ dunno" said he absently. "Can you
cook g"-Nerchdnt TraUeIer
"Pa, what is revenue cutter ?" asked a
ten-year.old who had been reading about a
government vessel.
Come with me and will show you,
my son." replied his father, who is bank
er.
Then he led the boy into his private of.
fee, and taking down huge pair Of shears
which he used TO sever coupons from bonds
with, he continued:
"Thers is the most approved revenue
cutter know of, my son. Be a good boy
and some day you may be commander of a
pair and find plenty of business for them.
-Elaird Gazette.
"William," said the old gentleman at the
breakfast table.
"Sir."
~ am not pleased to see you so much In
the company of young JObson. He is a
dissipated young man and he CANDLES. l
should prefer that you avoid his society"
HE CANDLES, father, suppose. He can
afford to. He has just made 100000 In
the wheat corner"
"Well-still-you had better be careful"
After a little William rises from the
table.
"William!"
"Sir."
III Mr.. Jobson is disengaged this even
ing you can bring him up to dinner. Per-
haps little good example may save him
and, William, you can just tell him some
thing about the new mining company am
floating San Francisco Chronicle.
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Only One More Harvest Excursion,

Remember, October nth the Illinois
Central Kailrood will run one more Harvest
Excursion from all its points 10 Illinois,
ana 10 Iowa as far west as Cedar Falls, IN
LeMsrs, Iowa, and to principal points In
Nebrasks, Dakota, and Minnesota. Rates,
one fare for the round trip. tickets limited
TO 80 days. j +. MERRY.
Gen, West. Pass. Agt.
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NOTICE.-EsrArK OF PETER PETERSON, DKc'n.
~ Notice Is hereby given that the undersigned. Adj.
minstarix u the Estate of Peter Peterson, late Of the
county of La Sale and state of Illinois, deceased. will
appear before the Probate Court Of said county, the
third Monday being the 2lst day Of November 1857 NJ
the Probate Court roo In Ottawa In said county, when
and where ali persons having claims or demands
said estate notified to attend and present the
writing for adj ustment
Dated this 5th day Of September, A. u 1857
ANNA PETERSON.
seplo-3w Administrative
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DUNCAN. o'CoNoR & GILBERT,

STATE OF ILLINOIS. LA SALE COUNTY-Ss -
y In the County Court Of said county, september
Term, A. u. 1887.
The Illinois Valley and Northern Railroad Company
~. Lewis W. Jennings. j. y. Butte John kanRley and
Mortimer D. Hatheway.- Petition for Condemnation
Of Right Of Way.
Affidavit OF the nresidence OF said J. p Butte hay
ing been filed In the Office .f the clerk Of said County
Court notice hereby given 10 the said non resident
defendant. j. p Butte, that the petitioner. the said
The Illinois Valley and Northern Railroad Company
heretofore filed It's petition In said court ON the eighth
day OF September, 1851 praying for the condemns
ton OF certain tracts pieces or parcels OF land therein
described, and that by order OF said court summons
thereupon issued In said cause. against each Of the
said above named defendants reurnablc at the Court
House, in OTTAWA In said La Sale county GU the TWEEN
ty'frst day OF October, A, D. 1887. nj nine o'clock A.
when and where You can appear and resist said pet
on II you ht and which said petition and the pro
T. FINLEN, Clerk.
Dated Ottawa. Illinois Sentember Y, 1857, seplu